There was an article describing Google’s new move to promote recent web pages days ago. Today I tried a search right after I published the previous blog post and the result page surprised me.
“1 minute ago” - The new published post got indexed in less right after it’s pushed on the web! I’m using “Google XML Sitemaps” plugin to generate sitemaps. Maybe it’s the one who first told Google about the new post.
I’m not an enthusiast of SEO (the keywords are quite accurate), but this just gave me a surprise of how fast Google indexes new pages.
Maybe Google has always been indexing like that but I just didn’t noticed.
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Following the Dracula movie ad on Digg yesterday, today I found an interesting thing:
Note there is a picture on the right with a figure of Digg Arc.
So Digg is placing ads for its labs on its own site. It’s common for all web sites to promote their products. But the point was that the link on it didn’t point directly to Digg Labs. The url was redirected through a link with the domain “g.msn.com”.
I don’t know whether it’s an ad distributed by Microsoft (Digg has a deal with Microsoft). Is Microsoft just tracking the clicks for its partner?
If it’s an paid ad, it’s really funny 
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You must have already seen this ad if you visited Digg these days. I came across it several times today while digging around. This ad is distributed by DoubleClick for the Dracula movie “One Missed Call” by Warner Bros. So maybe you can also find it somewhere else.
Well yes, some people have the hobby of watching Dracula movies, but I think it’s not candy for everyone. Some scary people may be frightened by this.
When standing in front of the pier glass in midnight, imagine a horrified mouth fade in from the top of the mirror and finally it shows up to be one of the eyes of a ghost. It’s funny, huh?
I was not scared, but I don’t like it.
Why put such kind of content to draw people’s attention? Yes it will draw our attention but it’s inappropriate for some people. I know there are lots of great ads there, fun or beautiful.
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